Ronaldo Starts Off The Award Winning Run... With Rio Tagging Along

Cristiano Ronaldo has claimed the first of what is likely to be a few awards this season, after being named FifPro World Footballer of the Year.

Rio Ferdinand was also named among the best eleven players in the World last season, which will be well received by our defender who was overlooked in the Balon d’Or shortlist.

FifPro is the worldwide representative organisation for professional football players, with more than 57,500 members taking part in the voting process.

“To be recognised by my fellow players is amazing,” said Ronaldo. “I would like to thank my team-mates and coaches and everyone involved at United and the national team, as well as my family and friends for their support.”

Ronaldo was included in the strongest XI last season, although lost out on the overall award to Kaka. Here is the team in full:

Terry is incredibly over rated, not to mention the fact that he infuriates me, that the media and himself try to potray him as such a nice guy, when we all know different. I think how he treated Rio, just to get his grubby hands on the England captaincy was nothing short of a disgrace and having watched him for the last two seasons, Rio and Vida have both outshone him.

Why the fuck is Kaka' in that team? He hardly did anything during 07/08 what with injuries and poor form. How the hell did he get in that team ahead of Rooney. It's disgusting, he could only help guide the great AC Milan to a UEFA cup spot and that merits a place in the team of the year?

Its a fucking scandal that ronaldo gets awards, whats he done, littered the euros and the world cup with cheating, virtually every domestic game with diving and rolling on the floor and he gets awards for this. They are devalued when cheats get the awards. Lets hope rio turns up to collect any award that he is due, he has a habit of forgetting appointments. Then you want rooney to get awards, just invent your own and get mike riley to present them, hes always giving you generous and dodgy decisions.